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Drawing Lessons: How to Shade Across a Drawing with Mike Theuer

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Drawing Lessons: How to Shade Across a Drawing Shading a face is challenging . . . the hair, the chin, the eyes. Trickier still can be shading a face across the entire page. Let me explain in this entry into our drawing lessons series...       To…

Drawing Lessons: Drawing Rocks with Diane Wright

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 Drawing Lessons: Drawing Rocks Here is the reference photo in color that we will be using for the rest of this drawing lessons entry. A grayscale photo can help to match the tones, but color helps in the details. Diane Wright is a very…

Drawing Lessons: Drawing Skies and Clouds with Diane Wright

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In this entry into our drawing lessons series, Diane Wright details how she recreates skies and clouds using a pencil. Drawing Lessons: Drawing Skies and Clouds STEP 1 - CROSS-HATCHING     I use a loose-hold hand position…

Drawing Lessons: A Lesson in Pencil Grips with Mike Theuer

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In this entry into our drawing lessons series, Mike Theuer explains the pros and cons of various pencil grips Drawing Lessons: Pencil Grips If you don’t have the right grip, your drawings will be flat. For example, my drawings are more than…

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